Tuesday, 30 December 2008

Phew! I love christmas cards but there are always so many!!Back to birthdays!This first card I made for my little boy to give to his Auntie tommorow she loves pink so they were my orders lol!

I used FF image which i decided to colour grey think it works though! and gingham papers some scraps of papermania white core card stock and embossed them using my cuttlebug 'tiny bubbles' folder sentiment was printed from pc.....and added a few accent clear rainbow drops.

Second card was an image sent to me in blog candy from Dawn....(its gorgeous)

I used freebie paper from this months Papercraft essentials the black paper was from my stash (check outMrs W in there with Jolly Nation by the way! fab cards Mrs W!!!) and stamped the swirls with versa fine onyx black ink sentiment was also printed from pc........

So i challenged myself to make a mens card as I always struggle with them it also happens to be my brother in laws birthday in January so i thought I would use this as inspiration.

My card blank is corrugated card which I gave a double spine to give the appearance of a book and the image was one given to me by my friend Kirsten I watercoloured it which was a little fiddly! and matt and layered onto papermania white core card stock and papers which i believe are DCWV which I lightly sanded with a fine emery board then added some small gold brads and a sentiment strip.

Sunday, 28 December 2008

I was asked to make a birthday card by my brother in law for his wife for her birthday which is on New Years eve (what a party!) so here it is.......

The image was one from my stash which i watercoloured, the papers are Forever Friends and sentiments and embellishments were also from my stash, also used my fiskers border punch,and added stitching using a brown sakura stardust pen.

Friday, 19 December 2008

This weeks challenge is 'secret santa'and based round the Secret Santa we have at work where you pick names from a hat and buy a small present for that person whether it be something you know they'd like or a surprise,they also said you could theme it to a colour or hobby..........

So this week I have dedicated my Tag to Kirstenwho originally got me hooked on cardmaking by putting me my first cardmaking 'kit' together about two and a half years ago!

She has just got back into stamping and we went mad at the weekend buying FF staps so we could share the images lol!!!

This is my favourite stamp at the moment I love all the WOJ stamps in this particular style but I dont actually have any so this is a bit sentimental as this is the only image of this particular stamp I have..sniff!

but hey back to the challenge!

I coloured the image with promarkers and shaded with sakura stardust by watercolouring them I added sakura stardust 'high lights to her hair and embellished with co-ordinating prima flowers.I used my fiskers punch for the border.....and a cuttle bg embossing folder for the base card then lightly sanded it to distress it slightly......Thanks for dropping by Emma xxx

Wednesday, 17 December 2008

Diane W has given me this award!!! Thankyou sooo much xxxThe rules are to give it to five others, who shall give it to five others.. You shall link the one you got it from, and also the ones you give it to & let them know.You also have to write down five things you are addicted to.

The 5 things I'm addicted to are :-

1)my family

2)my friends

3)cardmaking

4)PINK STUFF

5)forever friends (of course)

xxx

I would like all my bloggy friends to accept this award because I love them all

( and because this is the 3rd time I have written this post due to blog totally not behaving its self)

Monday, 15 December 2008

I used my elzybells image and text stamp and matted onto aqua card stock (papermania) and then onto corrugated card ( i love this lol!) for a bit of texture!, added some fibres and a charm from my stash I coloured my image using the following pro marker colours...

I wasnt sure how to do a random generator thingy to pick a winner so i invented my own that consisted of putting my roll of double sided tape on desk writing all entry names on little bits of paper and throwing them in air! the one which landed inside the tape would be the winner................................................

Monday, 8 December 2008

I have been invited to join the Forever friends design team and i am thrilled,

I have just spent two weeks being a guest designer and have been given the invitation to become a full time member..........................so shocked when I read my E-mails today!

To celebrate this and having reached over 1'000 hits on my blog I am going to have a little Blog Candy giveaway 12 A6 sheets of images mostly christmas Forever Friends plus sentiments, snowflakes and blooms!

THIS BLOG CANDY IS NOW CLOSED THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED

As this is a little spur of the moment I will also look through my crafty stash and add a few other items!!!

If you would like to win this mini giveaway please leave a link on your Blog and a coment on this post so i can visit your blog and I will choose a name out of a bag next Monday night (15th Dec)

I will try and leave this post at top of pageand please check below for new posts!

Sunday, 7 December 2008

Must have been having a pink moment lol I used a cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder and highlighted it with my sakura glaze pens added a few half pearls and some star shaped "click it's" (from my friends daughters old "click it" stash ..I think they were from a childrens jewellery and decorating kit....but were the perfect colour to complement my tag)..................

Thursday, 4 December 2008

Bit of a waffly post i'm afraid I have been very busy this week getting things ready for the stall I have at my friends christmas fair too busy to post...but not too busy to blog hop lol! ...........keep up the good work everyone! .

This stall started out as a christmas card stall but it hasnt stopped there i'm afraid. I got a little carried away and thought it would be nice to sell some chritsmassy bracelets too so i hopped over to ebay spent a few pounds on beads and bells and voila......thought these would be nice for the little fairy princesses at the fair.....

I also had a brain wave in the middle of Tesco's (dangerous i know!) but i had it non the less when i saw these cute wooden reindeer at.......wait for it!!! 50p for 12!!!! so of course i bought 5 boxes (like you do) and though i would glitter them up with my stickles and put them on my stall!........ Then Jack aked me if we were getting any "sparkly reindeer food" this year, last year we made reindeer food by mixing dry rolled oats with glitter then you sprinkle it on your path and doorstep so the reindeer will smell the oats and santa will see the glittery path to your house!!!

Soz about the ff stamp in background but i needed to prop it up for photo lol!!

It has a little poem attatched to it too.

"Be sure to take this magic food and sprinkle on the lawn,

On Christmas, Santa's reindeer travel miles before the dawn,

The smell of oats and glitter path will guide them on their way,

and you'll wake up to santa's gifts next morn on Christmas day".

Jack loves sprinking the magic food then getting a cookie,carrot and milk ready for Santa and his reindeer!

Saturday, 29 November 2008

I used this snowman image from my stash and shaded the snowmen with copics then went over them with my clear gelly roll stardust pen for added glitz, I watercoloured round the edge a little and mounted it onto my fav glitter card (only have small scraps left now...horrors!)the base card isIce white hammered finish and has a great lustre although I dont think it shows up too well in th photo,

Wednesday, 26 November 2008

I have received this beautiful award today from crafty rose and it has a lovely message attatched to itThis award comes with the following:This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships!These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.

But i cant bring myself to choose just eight people to give it to so please i hope its ok to say that i think all my new bloggy friends deserve this because I am very new to blogging and I have been made to feel so welcome, and its very touching!

Thursday, 20 November 2008

Phew!!!! marathon card making sesh tonight ,I am selling at a christmas fair in a few weeks and I wanted to make some nice but quickish cards so i ued my FF stickers and my Elzybells sentiment stamps and voila! (doodle stamp is one from stash)

Monday, 17 November 2008

First i clear embossed some small snowflakes onto the background of my card,I used my miki and kim die cuts and papers from my stash not sure who they are by...the metal snowflakes are from last years christmas stash too!!

Sunday, 16 November 2008

I was out crafty shopping today with my very good crafty friend Kirsten at our favourite crafty den in pontefract, We were busy looking at all the gorgeous stuff they have its a huge warehouse type shop like aladdins cave!.Was looking through some fab papers when my other half rang me..............only to say that I should choose a large item as part of my christmas present pile........well after lots of sloppy thank you's I didnt need to do much deliberating as I stroked the very item i spot as i walk in every time I come to shop here........................what do you think it's pink,black and fab!!!!!!!

Wednesday, 12 November 2008

No cards tonight i am soooo.... tired!! cant think what might be the cause!!!..................................

absolutely nothing to do with all the fabulous blogs I have been following recently...... no not at all!!!Its absolutely freezing so keep warm and to all my bloggy friends who are under the weather wrap up warm and look after yourselves...

Thursday, 6 November 2008

The stamps I ordered yesterday fromElzybellsarrived this morning......................thats not all when i opened the package they sent a reward card so i can collect stamps on my purchases which when the card is full entitles me to £10 off that order,

My Invoice had a handwritten message on it ........................and there was also a lolly in their too !

I know what your thinking little things please little minds, but I thought it was charming........

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My name is Emma and I have been crafting for about 5 years,I live in West Yorkshire with my partner and 11 year old son,I now work full time in the accounts office for a chain of Private Day Nurseries so i have to squeeze as much crafting in my spare time as possible, which believe me is a challenge in its self........lol
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